Scissors



Jan; 20, 1931. BAXTARR 1,789,801

SCISSORS Filed July 17, 1929 Inventor Attorney Patented Jan. 20, 1931JOHN E. BAXTARR, 0F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON SCISSORS Application filed July17, 1929. Serial No. 378,967.

This invention relates to scissors and is particularly adapted forshearing fruit, roses and other objects of a similar nature.

An object of the invention is to provide scissors of the characterdescribed, that will hold the roses, fruit or the like, after the samehas been severed, from a vine or bush.

Other objects are to provide in a manner as hereinafter set forth,scissors of the character referred to which is strong, compact anddurable, thoroughly reliable for its intended purpose, very simple inits method of assembly, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein is disclosed an embodiment of theinvention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations andmodifications may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit ofthe claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters denote correspondingparts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a. side elevation of the device, in accmfdance with thepresent invention in closed position.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the female jaw.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the male jaw.

Figure 4t is a transverse vertical section, taken substz'lntially on theline 1l of Figure 1, and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary side elevation in open position opposite tothat shown in Figure 1 of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 6 ins dicates generally the femalejaw, while 7 indicates the male jaw of the scissors in accordance withthe present invention. The

jaws 6, 7, are crossed intermediate their ends and at the point ofcrossing the body portions are flattened out to form plate-likesections, 8, 9, which are formed with central registering openings 10,11, respectively. A suitable bolt, rivet or other pivotal connection 12,extends through the openings 10, 11'and secures the crossed aws, 6, 7,in tight pivotal relation with the plate like sections 8, 9, inrotatable abutting relation to each other. On the one free end, the jaws6, 7 are formed with ring-shaped gripping handles 13, .14, respectively,by which the aws are operated by the user.

The plate-like section 8 of the female jaw 6 continues to beundiminished in width to the cutting end of the scissors while thecutting end of the male jaw is upset as at 15 with respect to theplate-like section 9 so that the width of the cutting end of the jaw ismaterially less than thewidth of the female cutting end of the jaw. Froma point adjacent the opening 10, the cutting face 16 of the female jaw 6has secured thereto by means of welding, riveting, a plate 17 which isdisposed longitudinally of the cutting am 16. The lower side of theplate 17 is secured to the cutting face 16 in flush abutting relationthereto and intermediate the upper and lower edges of the plate 17 thereis formed an outset shoulder 18, merging into a diagonally projectingleg 19, which structure, when considered with the cutting face 16, formsa sub stantially U-shaped channel indicated generally at 20, at theupper edges of the female jaw 6. The cutting face 21 of the male j aw 7has secured thereto, by means of welding, riveting or the like, asubstantially V-sh aped plate 22, which extends longitudinally thereof.The cutting face 21, together with the V-shaped plate 2-2 are adapted toselectively seat within the U-shaped channel 26 of the female j aw.

In the application of the scissors for its intended purpose, the jawsare open to the posi tion shown in Figure 5 of the drawings, and thestem to be severed is inserted thercbetween. By closing the jaws, thestem is severed by the cutting faces 16, 21, and the severed stem isforced inwardly to the bight portion of the U-shaped channel 20. In thelatter position, the male jaw 7, with its V shaped plate 22 holds thestem in the channel until the object being severed is placed over thereceptacle in which they are being collected.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that roses may be cut from bushesWithout the thorns pricking the fingers and when the' scissors are beingused for cutting grapes or other fruits being gathered, it will be seenthat the fruits may be deposited in the receptaele without having to behandled by the picker, thereby eliminating the possibility of crushingorbruising the fruit being picked.

It is to be understood that by describing in detail herein theparticular form, struc-' ture or arrangement, it is not intended tolimit the invention beyond the terms of the claim or the requirements ofthe prior art.

lVhat is claimed is:

A scissors comprising a pair of crossed jaws pivoted to each otherintermediate their opposite ends and having ring handles on adjacentends of each jaw, one of said jaws on its free end beingsubstantiallyU-shaped in cross section and constituting a female jaw, the other ofsaid jaws at its free end provided with a cutting edge adapted to abutone leg of the female jaw for severing the fruit stems, an elongatedplate of V-shaped cross section secured to the second-mentioned jaw atsaid free end of the said second-mentioned j aw, the said free end ofthe secondmentioned jaw, and said V-shaped plate adapted to be receivedin said female jaw, the free end of the second-mentioned jaw and saidV-shaped member constituting a male jaw for cooperation with the femalejaw for retaining clamped therebetween a portion of the stem of thefruit upon severing of the stem.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN E. BAXTARR.

